image: The Radio Club of America will award the 2019 Armstrong Medal for lasting contributions to wireless technology to Thomas Marzetta, originator of Massive MIMO antennas that underpin 5G. Marzetta, a professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, was recently named director of the research center NYU WIRELESS; his predecessor received the medal last year. view more
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The Radio Club of America, the oldest worldwide organization of wireless communications professionals, announced that NYU Tandon School of Engineering Professor Thomas Marzetta, who was recently named director of NYU WIRELESS, will receive the 2019 Armstrong Medal for his outstanding achievements and lasting contributions to radio arts and sciences. This marks the second year in a row that a faculty member of NYU Tandon and NYU WIRELESS garnered the honor. Marzetta was recently named director of NYU WIRELESS, succeeding Theodore (Ted) Rappaport, who received the honor last year.
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